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ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Mikael Granlund scored with 44.5 seconds left, Devan Dubnyk stopped 25 shots for his league-leading fourth shutout, and the Minnesota Wild beat the Boston Bruins 1-0 Thursday night.Granlund took a pass from Jonas Brodin circled below the end line and came out to the right of Tuukka Rask. His centering pass went off the skate of Adam McQuoid and trickled into the Boston net.Dubnyk has had to carry the Wild lately as Minnesotas offense has mustered just 10 goals in its past seven games, winning three. He has allowed nine goals in his last nine games, stopping 274 of 283 shots in that span to account for a .965 save percentage.Minnesota has allowed an NHL-low 29 total goals in 16 games this season, including 10 in its last nine games, dating back to the 5-0 shutout Oct. 25 in Boston.LIGHTNING 4, SABRES 1BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Alex Killorn had a goal and assist and Tampa Bay won its first game without captain Steven Stamkos.Nikita Kucherov, Nikita Nesterov and Brayden Point also scored, and Valtteri Filppula set up two goals with no-look passes in helping the Lightning win their third straight and improve to 6-2-1 in their past nine. The spread-out offensive contributions came in Tampa Bays first game since Stamkos tore a ligament in his right knee during a 4-3 win at Detroit on Tuesday.During the game at Buffalo, the Lightning announced Stamkos had surgery and is expected to miss four months.Cody Franson scored for Buffalo, which dropped to 0-4-2 in its past six. Its a stretch in which the teams offense has dried up in managing just six goals.BLUES 3, SHARKS 2ST. LOUIS -- Jaden Schwartz scored twice and David Perron added the game-winner to lift St. Louis past San Jose.Jake Allen had 29 saves -- holding off the Sharks 6-on-4 advantage over the final 55 seconds -- as the Blues won their second straight.Kevin Labanc got his first NHL goal and Logan Couture also scored for the Sharks, who lost their second straight after winning the first three on a season-high six-game trip.Perron broke a 2-2 tie with a power-play tally late in the second period. San Jose had killed off its previous 26 penalties over an 11-game stretch.STARS 3, AVALANCHE 2DALLAS -- Patrick Eaves capped Dallas three-goal first period and the Stars held off Colorado.Johnny Oduya and Brett Ritchie also scored in the first for Dallas, and Kari Lehtonen finished with 34 saves.Nathan MacKinnon had a goal and an assist and Mikhail Grigorenko also scored for the Avalanche, who nearly rallied after trailing 3-0 after the first. Semyon Varlamov stopped 19 shots and snapped an 11-game winning streak against the Stars.Lehtonen stopped MacKinnon on a breakaway midway through the second period and again on a rebound with 10 minutes left in the game.FLYERS 5, JETS 2PHILADELPHIA -- Michael Raffl and Sean Couturier scored 34 seconds apart in the first period on Philadelphias initial two shots, and the Flyers went on to beat Winnipeg.Mark Streit, Wayne Simmonds and Brandon Manning also scored for the Flyers, who had 12 players register points.Blake Wheeler and Dustin Byfuglien had the goals for the Jets, who opened a season-high five-game, nine-day road trip with just their second loss in the last six.Couturier got Philadelphia on the board 9:13 in when he capitalized on a Winnipeg turnover and beat Connor Hellebuyck high to the glove side from close range. Raffl doubled the lead just over a half-minute later with his third of the season.Steve Mason made 30 saves to improve to 6-0-1 in his career against Winnipeg.Hellebuyck stopped 17 shots.PREDATORS 5, SENATORS 1OTTAWA, Ontario -- Ryan Ellis scored the tiebreaking goal late in the first period and Pekka Rinne stopped 30 shots to lead Nashville.Mike Ribeiro had a goal and assist, and Colton Sissons, Pontus Aberg and James Neal also scored to help the Predators sweep the two-game series series against the Senators.Derrick Brassard scored for Ottawa, and Mike Condon finished with 35 saves in his third start. The Senators havent scored more than two goals in their last 11 games.Ellis beat Condon on the far side with about 4 1/2 minutes left in the opening period to put the Predators up 2-1.MAPLE LEAFS 6, PANTHERS 1TORONTO -- Connor Brown had two goals and two assists to lead help spoiling James Reimers first start in Toronto since leaving the Maple Leafs in the offseason.Mitch Marner had another impressive goal, and Leo Komarov, James van Riemsdyk and Jake Gardiner also scored as Toronto improved to 7-2-0 at home. Nazem Kadri had two assists and Frederik Andersen stopped 27 shots.Aaron Ekblad scored the lone goal for Florida and Reimer finished with 24 saves.The Maple Leafs got to their former goalie quickly, scoring three times in the first period -- including two by Brown. Wholesale NHL Jerseys China . Zvonareva, who won the tournament in 2009 and 10, couldnt handle her opponents big groundstrokes in only her third event back after 17 months out with a shoulder injury. 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Young scored a season-high 26 points to spark a huge effort from the leagues most productive bench, and Los Angeles beat the Brooklyn Nets 99-94 on Wednesday night after blowing a 27-point lead. ARLINGTON, Texas -- Texas right-hander Colby Lewis isnt exacting rounding into playoff shape at just the right time.But the veteran has a chance to end the regular season on a high note Saturday as he draws the start opposite Tampa Bay right-hander Jake Odorizzi in the penultimate game of the regular season.Texas wrapped up home-field advantage throughout the postseason with its 3-1 victory Friday night. That means some of the regulars will rest Saturday, but Lewis has work to do.Lewis (6-4), who will be the No. 3 or 4 starter for the Rangers in the American League Division Series, is on a four-game losing streak. In his last start at Oakland Lewis didnt make it out of the second inning as the As battered him for seven runs in 1 1/3 innings. In three starts since coming back after missing 71 games because of a strained right lat, Lewis is 0-3 with a 9.75 ERA.He knows those kinds of numbers wont get the job done any time, especially for a team thats postseason bound. But despite the ugly numbers, Lewis feels like the Oakland outing wasnt as bad as it looked.I felt like my last start was some of the best stuff Ive had, Lewis said. I didnt really make a lot of mistakes. They just hit the ball in spots fielders werent. If I do that I should come out with better results than last time. Thats all Im trying to do.Saturdays start will be the last one Lewis makes until either Game 3 or Game 4 (if necessary) of the ALDS. That will give him more than a week off after his Saturday start. The most suuccessful pitcher in postseason history for the organization isnt fazed by that.ddddddddddddThat doesnt affect me at all, said Lewis, who is 4-1 with a 2.38 ERA in nine postseason appearances. I might throw a couple touch-up sides to make sure my arm stays nice and fresh and ready to go. For me, its like the old Japanese schedule (2008-09). I used to throw sides in between and felt great every seventh day.Odorizzi (9-6) might not have the postseason to look forward to, but does like the idea of facing the Rangers. In his four career starts against Texas, Odorizzi is 3-0 with a 1.40 ERA. He allowed one run in six innings in beating the Rangers earlier this year in Florida and won in Texas in 2014.After a slow start to the season, Odorizzi has been outstanding over his last 13 appearances. Hes 6-1 in that span with a 2.81 ERA. But for Odorizzi, that doesnt completely erase his start.I would consider it okay, Odorizzi said. Not terrible. Not good. I think I can perform better than I did. 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